Central City
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city in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Established
- Morehead's Horse Mill, 1826
- Incorporated
- Stroud City, 1873
- Type
- Mayor-City Administrator- City Council
- Mayor
- Tony Armour
- Total
- 5.25 sq mi (13.59 km )
- Land
- 5.24 sq mi (13.56 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 436 ft (133 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 5,744
- Density
- 1,111.2/sq mi (429.05/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area codes
- 270 & 364
- Fips code
- 21-13978
- Gnis feature id
- 0489282
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Central City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Muhlenberg County
- Population
- 5819
- Area
- 13.583612
- Elevation
- 133
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.centralcitykytourism.com
- Image
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Church (Central City, Kentucky) - exterior 2.jpg
- Households
- 1931
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- postal code
- 42330
- inception
- 1826-01-01
- P8168
- Mergbach
- water as percent of area
- 1.1513
- per capita income
- 24445
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Central City is a home rule-class city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 5,819 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city in the county and the principal community in the Central City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Muhlenberg County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Central City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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